Railway-car.



A. I. BARLING.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23,1910.

lPatllted Dec, 26, 1911-.

ALBERT J. EARLING, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

Application led April 23, 1910. Serial No. 557,237.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. EARLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railwaycars, and pertains more particularly to the doors of freight cars.

The object of the invention is to provide the end of a box car, or thelike with a combination of end doors which will allow the loading of anyclass of freight, including bulk grain, coal, lumber, or othermerchandise.

A further object is to so construct the doors that when loadingcarriages, automobiles, machinery, etc., which require only space, thatthe inner door or bulk head may be securely locked to the side of thecar in order to permit of the full length of the latter to be used.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation of a freightcar, parts being in section, illustrating my improved car door. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a freight car. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view of the end of the car illustrated in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing 10 designates the floor of the car, 11 theroof, and 12 the sides thereof. Each corner of the car is provided witha vertical beam 13, secured to the top beam 15 and sill 16 at eachend.The sides of the car embrace two faces of each corner beam 13 and theouter end face of each corner beam is braced by a Corner iron 14. Theinner corner of each of the corner beams 13 is beveled oli", and oneedge of each of the top beams 15 and sill 16 are also similarly beveledas indicated at 17. It will be noted that the sill 16 extends upon, theplane of the floor 10 and that the bevel 17 extends from the ltop faceof said sill downwardly to the top of the floor. Riveted or otherwisesecured to the channel irons 14 are hinges 18 which serve to support theouter doors 19 which when closed are provided with overlapping edges 20.These doors swing outwardly and their inward movement is limited by Asuitable stops 21. The bottom edges of said doors come approximatelyflush with the top face of the sill 16.

Hinges 22 are secured to the inner faces of the vertical beams 13, inany suitable manner, and serve to support the inner doors 23, themeeting edges of said doors being beveled as indicated at 24:. Each dooris formed of two upright beams 25, 26, having shoulders 27 to receivethe laterally extended timbers 28, secured in position in any suitablemanner. The doors 19 are held in closed position by means of a lockingbar 29 piv'oted to one door and adapted to swing across both doors andengage suitable notches in the upright beams 13. The bottom edge of eachdoor` is approximately flush with the top of the floor 10. The beveledportions of the beams 13 and 15 and the sill 16 are lined with canvas orother similar material as indicated at 30, and the top, bottom andhinged end edges of the doors 23 are each beveled to fit the beveledportions 17, being also lined with canvas or other suitable fabric.Thebeveled edges 24 are also lined in a similar manner, and the beamsupon which said beveled meeting edges are formed, are reinforced bymetallic I-beams 31. Each of the doors 23 is provided with an eye 32adapted to be engaged by a hook 33 secured to the side of the car,whereby said. doors may be hooked back when not in use.

In practice when itis desired to load grain, coal, or other bulkfreight, the doors 23 are closed as indicated in Fig. 2, t-he canvascausing a tight fit at the beveled joints, and prevent-ing the siftingof such mate-rial therethrough. It will be readily understood that thedoors will be tightly closed by means of the load pushing them home andadjusting the beveled surfaces with relation to each other causing tightjoints at every point. When it is desired to load carriages,automobiles, machinery, etc., which require only space, the inner doorsare locked in an open position against the side of the car, therebypermitting the full length of the car to be used.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a mannerof constructing and using the same, although without attempting to setforth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes ofits use, what I claim is 1. The combination with a railway car providedwith upright corner posts, said corner posts at each end being connectedby a top beam and a sill, said sill extending above the plane of thefloor of the car, the sides of the car being secured to the two faces ofeach of said corner posts, the inner corner of each corner post beingbeveled off,

' hinges secured to the outer end faces of said corner posts, and doorssupported by said hinges and having their bottom edges flush with thetop face of the contiguous sill, and doors hinged to the beveledportions of said corner posts and having their bottom edgesapproximately flush with the Hoor of the car, said doors abutting saidsill and top beam'.

2. The combination with a railway car provided with upright cornerposts, said corner posts at each end being connected by a top beam and asill, said sill extending above the plane of the floor of the car, thesides of the car being secured to two faces of each of said cornerposts, the inner corner of each `corner post being beveled off, hingessecured to the outer end faces of said corner posts, doors supported bysaid hinges and having their bottom edges flush wit-h the top face. ofthe contiguous sill, and doors hinged to the beveled portions of saidcorner posts and having their bottom edges approximately Hush with thefloor of the car, said doors abutting said sill and top beam, the inneredges of said top beam and sill being beveled, the edges of the lastmentioned doors being beveled to engage the beveled faces of said cornerposts, top piece and sill. Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT J. EARLING. Witnesses:

EWM. KENNA, BURTON HANsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

